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287. Bednyi, Demian. Collection of 20 books (1918-34) by satirical Soviet poet Demian Bednyi, pseudonym of Efim Alekseevich Pridvorov (1883-1945). Pridvorov was a cultured, educated, and well-read poet, who was active in social causes long before the 1917 Revolution. Thereafter, he adopted a proletarian identity and began producing highly anti-religious party propaganda. See Kratkaia Literaturnaia Entsiklopedia, ed. by A.A. Surkov, vol. 1, pp 492-3. Although the on-line catalogues of the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress record many titles by Demian Bednyi, none of these were located there. Detailed list available.

Cézanne, Paul—see Artists list

288. Frantsuzskaia graviura i litografiia XIX veka. Katalog vystavki. Moskva: Gosudarvennoe Izdatelstvo "Iskusstvo," 1938. $100

31 pls. + 64 pp. Wrs. 14.5 x 11 cm. At head of title: Comitet po delam iskusstv pri SNK SSSR.1150 copies. Head of backstrip nicked. No copies located in OCLC.

Gauguin, Paul—see Artists list

Gogh, Vincent van—see Artists list

Kandinsky—see Artists list

Kollwitz, Káthe—see Artists list

291. Markina, Zinaida (b. 1907). 105 original textile designs on 101 pieces of paper. [Moscow, 1930s?]. the collection $6500

The artist was associated with Vkuhtemas [Higher State Art-Technical Studios, 1920-30], See: The great utopia: the Russian and Soviet avant-garde, 1915-1932. NY: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Rizzoli ©1992; and Khan-Magomedov, S.O. Vhutemas: Moscou, 1920-1930. Paris: Editions du Regard, ©1990. 2 v.

292. Moscow. Gosudarstvennii Muzei Iziashchnykh Iskusstv. Nemetskaia zhivopis XVII-XIX v.v. Katalog vystavki. 1930. $75

22 pp. No ills. Wrs. 16.5 x 12.8 cm. 1000 copies. Bound edge dampstained. No copies located in OCLC.

293. Moscow. Gosudarstvennii Muzei Iziashchnykh Iskusstv. Kabinet graviur. Katalog vystavki graviury franka brengvina. 1926. $75

16 pp. No ills. Wrs. 17 x 13.1 cm. Text by N. Romanov. Lists 112 French prints. 1000 copies. None located in OCLC.

294. Moscow. Gosudarstvennii Muzei izobrazitel’nykh iskusstv imeni A.S. Pushkina. Kabinet graviur. Katalog vystavki: frantsuzskii risunok XVI-XIX veka. S poiasnitel’nym tekstom. Moskva: Izdanie Gos. Muzeia Isiashchnykh Iskusstv, 1927. $75

3 pls. 40 pp. Wrs. 17 x 12.7 cm. At head of title: Gosudarstvennii Muzei iziashchnykh iskusstv. Kabinet graviur. 1000 copies. Describes 169 prints. Covers chipped and lightly dampstained; smoke damage on bottom edge. 4 copies located in OCLC.

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296. Otroukhova, I.S. Moskovskaya Gorodskaya Khudozhestvennaya Gallereya P. i S. Tretyakovikh. Moskva: Izdanie I. Knebel, [ca. 1900?] 2 vols. $300

Lib. buckram. 51 x 39.5 cm. Vol. I: fasc. 1-16, pp. 1-64 (with 53 ills.) + 32 gravure pls. Vol. II: fasc. 17-36, pp. 1-80 (with 62 ills.) + 39 pls. Orig. covers bound in. Good ex-lib. copy.

297. Pleshcheev, Aleksandr Alekseevich (1858-1944). Nash balet (1673-1896): balet v rossii do nachala XIX stol’tiia i balet v’ S.-Peterburg’ do 1896 goda. S.-Peterburg’: Tip. A. Benke, 1896. $1000

106 monochrome ills. in various colors. [8] + 391 + [5] pp. Dark Green half-morocco + marbled boards with original decorated paper covers bound in. 27.3 x 18.4 cm. Binding rubbed and worn at extremities. Front joint starting at head. Some offsetting of plates to opposite pages. An old repair to the front marbled endpaper and the front original paper cover resulted in a slight misalignment at the front edge of the book so that the edge of the endpaper has been abraded. A second, enlarged edition was published in Moscow in 1899. OCLC locates 6 copies of this first edition (with author name spelled Plescheev) and 13 copies of the 1899 edition. Neither one found in American Book Prices Current 1955-2000.

298. Proletkul’t. 49 titles published in Peterburg and Moscow 1917-29 (mostly 1919) by the proletarian cultural-educational organization Proletkul’t. Poetry, fiction, and other writings by "worker-writers." 19 of these not located in OCLC or RLIN. Mostly in good condition. Detailed list available.

299. Russian revolutionary periodicals, 1905-07. Collection of 135 illustrated satirical periodicals, including Iumoristicheskii al’manakh, Maski, Pulemet, Sprut, Vampir, and Zarnitsy. Most titles not located in usual databases and catalogues or present in only one or two copies. Overall condition quite good. Detailed list available.

EIGHTEEN VOLUMES ON RUSSIAN WOMEN
301. Truzhenitsa vostoka [Working women of the Orient]. All Moskva: Izd. "Okhrana materinstva i mladenchestva" NKZ, 1927-28. Series ed. V.A. Gurko-Kriazhina. $2,500

18 volumes. About 17 x 13 cm. None located in OCLC except Dubrovskaia and Venediktov. Each volume published in 7000 copies. A few illustrations in some volumes. List of publications in the latest volumes shows 17 other titles not present here. Volumes in this group are:
Berger, A. Azerbaidzhanka. 1928. 43+ [5] pp.
Berger, A. Chechenka. 1928. 46 + [2] pp.
Dobrianskii, V.N. Buriatka. 1928. 63 + [1] pp.
Dobrianskii, V.N. Oiratka. [1927/28?]. 48 pp. Pub. without title page
Dubrovskaia, A. Mongolka. 1928. 30 + [2] pp. Microform located
Ivanovskii, S. Kabardinka. 1928. 46 + [2] pp.
Khatsrevin, Z.L. Persianka. 1928. 43 + [5] pp.
Khudadov, V.N., & Demidov, G.B. Gruzinka. 1928. 47 + [1] pp.
Mikhailov, A.I. Chuvashka. 1928. 44 + [4] pp.
Mikhailov, A.I. Mordovka. 1928. 44 + [4] pp.v
Mikhailov, A.I. Votiachka. 1927. 40 pp.
Moskalev, V. Uzbechka. 1928. 48 pp.
Shamkhalov, A. Dagestanka. 1928. 40 pp.
Smirnov, N. Kalmychka. 1928. 46 + [1] pp.
Smirnov, N.A. Turchanka. 1927. 39 pp. Inscribed by author. Water-damaged at bottom; front cover detached
Shteinberg, Evg. Kamchadalka. 1928. 38 + [2] pp.
Stina, I.A. Bashkirka. 1928. 39 + [1] pp. Pub. without title page
Venediktov N.N. Turkmenka. 1928. 48 pp. Copies at LC and Harvard

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